On Sun, 2010-08-22 at 11:46 +0530, steve wrote: > On 08/22/2010 11:29 AM, steve wrote: > > To the OP, Rahul already mentioned defensive publication, for > example: > > > > http://www.openpatents.net/ > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ sorry wrong url. That one is just to give up your > idea for > others to patent. > > I meant to paste: > http://www.defensivepublications.org/ > > That too is part of the Open Invention Network mentioned in my last > post.
aha - so you *can* do business in the US without getting patents! Correct me if I am wrong - the objective of patenting something (or defensively publishing it) is to prevent someone else from patenting your idea and then suing you for using your own idea. The objective is *not* for the purpose of preventing other people from using your idea/invention. right? -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
